I am looking to get an alarm for my Civic hatch 92. I want to protect my investment.
Can someone tell me a good alarm.
Does Carbine or Viper better brand?
does having alarm prevent thieves from stealing?
Thanks.

 

LoJack

 

go to your local alarm installer and ask them what they recommend for your needs. plus they usually have a lifetime warranty on the alarm so if anything goes wrong you know where to fix it.

as far as brand viper and compustar are among the top. i own a perstige 2-way alarm. the range is very good, still picked up signals from the movies theatre. but once a while the alarm will go off. this is probably the best bang for the buck on alarm.

alarm will only warn you about a thief, but you must have triggers to set off the alarm such as door triggers, hood triggers. most alarm will usually come with a relay to kill the starter when armed. having an alarm doesnt mean your car wont get stolen, you gotta do everthing you can to prevent it from getting stolen. i recommend kill switches, foot clubs... even remove your ecu. your efforts will increase your car's chance of getting stolen.

 

I have a Python 700 with perimeter sensor... if anyone walking within 2 feet of my car, it chirps at them. If they stick their yhand in the window, even if it was rolled down and the alarm was on... it woulgd go off. plus the 2 way remote chips at you when you're alarm is going off. $300 MSRP and perimeter is like 40 bucks

 

read this.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1794938

Look for a name brand system, Any dei units, compustar, and audiovox. What is your budget for a alarm system. This will help out alot. Alarms can get pertty costly now adays to do the job right.

 

Thanks for all that replied. Viper at best buy 230.00 installed .Carbine $130.00 not installed. a guy on craigslist selling carbine for 260.00 installed and I think its too much.
what do you guys think?

 

autopage 860lcd with loJack and ONSTAR.... with a remote flame thrower....ur set

 

onstar is for gmc and chevy strucks and cars. Not for honda's

 

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HAHA

 

compustar and viper. compustar has great distance but lags a little bit. viper, i heard was pretty good. never tried it though.

 

compustar only lags if you use the sst units. And most alarms with sst will lag for about a sec or so.

 

what do you guys think about the viper LCD remote..? i can get that for 380 installed or just get the same alarm without the LCD screen, but its still 2 way ( for 300) .......the LCD just seems kinda bulky........

PS: wrong forum.....but its kinda slow over in audio

 

clifford .. is pretty good most people run that out here in las vegas either cliford or viper i dont know about all of their products but most are interchangeable like the software or what not its pretty reliable and a ton of features

 

Lo jack FTW

It all depends on your budget,
My autopage 420lcd is doing its job

 

Most of the Alarms out there are pretty good as long as you get the extra security features like backup battery,hood pin switch,piezo siren. I have personally a Viper 791 without the remote start. They do sell a viper 771 which is without the lcd. Most all alarms come with a standard 1 year warranty. But most big retailers like Best Buy, Circuit City give you lifetme warranty on the labor. The alarm you saw @ Best But is ok but very basic, if you decide to get the alarm make sure you get a couple of the security features I mentioned.

 

Personally, my car has a Viper alarm. It came with the car, so I don't know the model. I have had no problems out of it, but it is pretty sensitive. It goes off if all the time. But when it comes down to it, would you rather have to reset your alarm in the middle of the night or walk to work in the morning?

 

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Thats funny, because Honda/Acura vehicles now come equipped with OnStar.

 

i'd recommend going with a d.e.i product... python, viper. most alarms come with starter kill. Starter kill is good enough to keep thieves from taking ur car as long as ur installer knows how to prep an alarm and hide ****. i'd recommend going to circuit city and asking for the best installer. if u came to me you'd be cool but i'm in orlando. proximity sensor is cool.. i had it but after a while it gets very annoying. everytime someone walked by my car it was chirping. sux when ur parked at a supermarket and stuff and u come outside to see ur car going crazy. lol

 

There is a helluva good thread to read in the security section... Go find it and read it! I did, and it was worth it. Should be a sticky...

 

With 18 replies I actually looked up to make sure I was in the right forum.

You do know that there's an aduio/video/security forum, right? You get fast answers there too. This question might be better off there...?

 

The acura 3.5 has to come ordered from the factory with it. The gm comes all ready wired. Your right hammer on me.

 

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You're right. on you. You stated that OnStar is for GM, not Honda. So.....being that the MDX and RL, Odyssey and RDX to name a few are all available with OnStar, you're comment would be ignorant at best.

Back to the topic at hand....I have an Autopage setup, and its great. Worked so far